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Residents and a staff member at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living make challah during High Holidays 2024. (Courtesy)
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Redefining normal: We all need to challenge our ageist beliefs

Dr. Adrienne Green (Paige Green) by Dr. Adrienne Green January 2, 2025January 2, 2025
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Potato latkes really aren’t that old. Here’s their true history.

Rachel B. Gross by Rachel B. Gross December 30, 2024December 30, 2024
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What my relatives’ Christmas celebrations taught me about observing Hanukkah

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen December 24, 2024December 24, 2024
A resident of the West Bank village of Susiya returns to the ruins of the town after a raid by Israeli settlers in 2021. (Courtesy Charles Rothschild)
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Extremism threatens to undo Israel — and we must all take responsibility

by Coby Schoffman December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
Deborah Goldeen holds a sign that says “Bring Them Home” with names of hostages around it during a rally in support of Israel and the hostages still held by Hamas at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why I left my job at an anti-racism nonprofit after Oct. 7

Bari Goldojarb by Bari Goldojarb December 13, 2024December 13, 2024
Artist Beth Grossman's "Golden Rule," part of the exhibit "Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community, and Ourselves," seen through the windows of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco (Kevin Fyer)
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As a Jewish artist, the CJM closure is a personal loss

Beth Grossman by Beth Grossman December 9, 2024December 11, 2024
a Hebrew and an English edition of Haaretz sit on a table
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Israel’s sanctions on Haaretz offer a warning and a lesson

Jo Ellen Green Kaiser by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser November 27, 2024November 27, 2024
group of children in prayer at indoor event
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Trump wants prayer in schools. The Bible tells us how dangerous that is.

by Robert Alter November 25, 2024November 25, 2024
A crowd enjoys the music at a concert celebrating the late singer Jewlia Eisenberg in front of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, Oct. 2, 2022. (Robbie Sweeny)
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We should see the impending closure of the Contemporary Jewish Museum as a dire warning

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 21, 2024November 21, 2024
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Congress is voting on a bill targeting pro-Palestinian groups. Israel’s example proves it’s a terrible idea

Daniel Sokatch by Daniel Sokatch November 20, 2024November 20, 2024

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